Let's Talk Harry Potter.
Yes, let's talk Harry Potter.
First of all, if I see Prisoner of Azkaban on abcFamily one more time I might vomit. It was a great movie the first few times. It was actually the first Harry Potter I even half-watched a long time ago. However, 700 channel-flips later, I'm a little over that movie.
Right now, Kelly and I are settled in watching Goblet of Fire. That, my friend, is a great movie. Remember RPat before he was a vamp? Hey there Cedric Diggory. And, my personal favorite, the lovely and beautiful David Tennant. Yummy. He might be totally bat-shit crazy in the movie, but he's a great actor and I find him AMAZINGLY attractive.
This movie, thank goodness, has not been overplayed to death on TV yet. I enjoy it most because it is the mid-point between the happy, childlike world of the first books/movies, and the darker, more intense feel of the last ones. Everyone is all grown up, fallin' in lurve, and dying and such.
I was, however, disappointed by the complete lack of Winky and the House-Elf Liberation Front. I do understand that it adds a great deal of time to the movie, so in that sense it is logical, but, in the sense of the Dark Mark and that whole shindig, there are a lot of weird plot holes that I guess they just assume we will ignore.
It's actually rather amusing, that I just mentioned to Kelly that, especially in this movie, I find myself forgetting if something happened in the book/movie, or just in the book. I keep saying, "do they do that part in the movie? I thought that [so and so] told [so and so] [such and such] at [such a time]," when in reality it's not even in the movie at all. Eek, so confusing.
Anyway, it's a good movie. So far, I would have to say it's my favorite, although I do have high hopes for The Half-Blood Prince. Not just the movie, but also the video game. I must say, pelting benches at Slytherin with my WiiMote is one of the more amusing uses for the system. Here's to another great game.
Now, off to watch more vintage RPat and fabulous HP.
Later Days.
.Cas.
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The thing that always bothered me about the book-to-movie deal with the HP series is that they tend to leave out not only the miniscule things -- for streamlining purposes-- but they also leave out huge plot points as well. I think they suffer a bit of the "did we say that in the book or movie" syndrome as you, and most of us, do. Perhaps they're just so familiar with the story that they simply don't notice.
The biggest offender in all the films so far is at the end of HP4 - Goblet of Fire. After all the cemetery commotion, the Voldyrise hubbub, and the demise of CDiggs, Harry sits in his dorm, and Dumbledore comes in. He takes the time to mention that he used to set the curtains on fire. Then Harry is all "my parents came out of my wand..." and DDore goes "Oh. Priori Incantatem. You'll be ok.". He doesn't take the time to explain! Curtains on fire? Yes. Plot? no.
In the book, there's at least a page or two devoted to explaining what the hell Priori Incantatem even IS. It explains everything, from matching wand cores to order of kills, etc. Nothing in the movie. People who haven't read the books (one of which I saw this movie with) are left completely in the dark. I didn't notice because I already knew what it was. I guess no-one on the crew noticed either.
So, I guess, you're not alone? Even the filmmakers forget what's in the book/movie/both.